February 2014 ~ tori art

My RISD application for 2014. I also applied to MICA & SVA with this. Looking to hear back from those schools, will update when that time comes.

The portfolios for MICA and SVA have the same content generally, though I took out a few pieces to meet the limit. I submitted more sketchbook pages and digital artwork to SVA.

For Art Center, the requirements included figure drawing, portraits, at least 3 painting and drawing foundations pieces, environment drawings, some creative stuff, and a recommended sketchbook portion. I basically used a hybrid of my RISD and Calarts portfolios.

Personally from other portfolios and student work I'd say the life drawing requirement for Art Center is more focused on accuracy in capturing the form, though without sacrificing stiffness in high-renderings. I don't think they're as excited about experimentation so using plain old charcoal is alright. I didn't have time to do more foundations focused figure drawing so I just recycled stuff from my Calarts portfolio. I hope it'll be alright?

I chose 15 images from my Sketchbook as well to supplement. Had mostly observational drawings + some character design + narrative sequential stuff yepp.

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Advice I've heard from others is that RISD has a huge emphasis on foundation potential, so for preparing make sure to include a lot of studies that have a ton of detail. The more detail the better. It's also good to have a range of what you can do, such as different subjects and mediums.

The portfolio is standard for all students entering regardless of preferred major, so I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who wants to go into illustration, but I'm sure there's also ways to get in from a design or conceptual perspective with good scholarship. Here is a good infographic that helped me.

Here's the guts. (click to enlarge). Total: 25